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Osaka convincingly wins the first Baltic racket Kontaveita and reaches the quarterfinals of the “US Open” – Tennis – Apollo.lv – Sports

The ninth and fourth number of the tournament, Osaka, won the Contest (WTA 21st) 6-3, 6-4, which was awarded the 14th number.

The 2018 US Open champion spent only an hour and 12 minutes on the court.

Kontaveita showed great performer because Osaka could have closed the game with five unused match balls.

In the quarterfinals, Osaka will meet with American Shelby Rogers (WTA 93), who unexpectedly won the sixth number of the tournament Peter Kvitov from the Czech Republic (WTA 12) with 7-6 (7: 5), 3-6, 7-6 (8: 6). .

Also, German Angelika Kerbere (WTA 23rd) will not play in the next round. Kerbere, placed 17th, lost to Jennifer Brady of the United States (WTA 41st) with 1-6, 4-6, who was awarded the 28th number in the “US Open”.

Brady will meet Julia Putinceva of Kazakhstan (WTA 35th), who has been awarded the 23rd number, in the quarterfinals. She defeated Petra Martich from Croatia (WTA 15th) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, who was placed eighth.

It has already been reported that the second racket of Latvian women’s tennis Anastasia Sevastova lost to the Ukrainian Marta Kostjuka in the second round of the US Open Championship on Wednesday with the result 3-6, 6-7 (5: 7).

Sevastova has earned 70 WTA points for reaching the second round.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, several tennis stars will not be able to be seen in the US Open Championship, including Latvia’s first racket Alona Ostapenko.

Several favorites withdrew from this year’s tournament, such as last year’s champion Bianka Andresco, Simon Halep, Ashley Barthy, Kiki Bertens, Elena Switolina and other high-level tennis players.

New York was one of the worst-hit U.S. cities in March and April, when the Covid-19 epidemic took over the United States. The temporary hospital was even set up on the indoor courts of the US Tennis Center.

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